J. Alden Mason, noted archaeological anthropologist and linguist, was born in Orland, Indiana and attended school in Philadelphia
attaining his A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1907. He pursued his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley
completing his dissertation on the ethnography of the Salinan Indians of California. Mason was influenced by Alfred J. Kroeber
while at Berkeley and Edward Sapir of the University of Pennsylvania. The J. Alden Mason curatorial years (1922-1967) produced
three archival boxes of correspondence and in-house memos, along with Section reports, research notes and articles and notes
for publication. This material, in addition to personal records of Dr. Mason and evidence of his scholarship were arranged
into series and placed in chronological order.

title

J. Alden Mason American Section records

creator

Mason, John Alden, 1885-1967

id

PU-Mu. 0048

repository

University of Pennsylvania Penn Museum Archives

extent

1.2 linear feet

inclusive date

1898-1968

bulk date

1924-1964

abstract/scope/contents

J. Alden Mason, noted archaeological anthropologist and linguist, was born in Orland, Indiana and attended school in Philadelphia
attaining his A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1907. He pursued his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley
completing his dissertation on the ethnography of the Salinan Indians of California. Mason was influenced by Alfred J. Kroeber
while at Berkeley and Edward Sapir of the University of Pennsylvania. The J. Alden Mason curatorial years (1922-1967) produced
three archival boxes of correspondence and in-house memos, along with Section reports, research notes and articles and notes
for publication. This material, in addition to personal records of Dr. Mason and evidence of his scholarship were arranged
into series and placed in chronological order.